date_diff

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)

date_diff — Alias of DateTime::diff

Description

This function is an alias of: DateTime::diff

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date_diff

mark at dynom dot nl
02-Jul-2009 07:44


If you simply want to compare two dates, using conditional operators works too:





<?php


$start = new DateTime('08-06-1995 Europe/Copenhagen'); // DD-MM-YYYY


$end = new DateTime('22-11-1968 Europe/Amsterdam');





if ($start < $end) {


    echo "Correct order";


} else {


    echo "Incorrect order, end date is before the starting date";


}


?>

tom at knapp2meter dot tk
16-Apr-2009 10:06


A simple way to get the time lag (format: <hours>.<one-hundredth of one hour>).



Hier ein einfacher Weg zur Bestimmung der Zeitdifferenz (Format: <Stunden>.<hundertstel Stunde>).



<?php



function GetDeltaTime($dtTime1, $dtTime2)

{

  $nUXDate1 = strtotime($dtTime1->format("Y-m-d H:i:s"));

  $nUXDate2 = strtotime($dtTime2->format("Y-m-d H:i:s"));



  $nUXDelta = $nUXDate1 - $nUXDate2;

  $strDeltaTime = "" . $nUXDelta/60/60; // sec -> hour

            

  $nPos = strpos($strDeltaTime, ".");

  if (nPos !== false)

    $strDeltaTime = substr($strDeltaTime, 0, $nPos + 3);



  return $strDeltaTime;

}



?>

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Last updated: Fri, 12 Mar 2010